HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Happy birthday. Your efforts are nearly saintly, though you don’t want any attention for them. You would rather show your brilliance by hiding it in plain view for the masses to use and appreciate. July features a touch of the exotic.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Rest assured, you don’t have to go to the expense of traveling far and wide to find more excitement. New people bring even more adventures than do new places.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20):Your heart is so big that you love people who haven’t even been born yet. Metaphorically, you’ll be planting trees that never will be big enough to shade you in your lifetime, but generations to come will benefit.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21): Your tendency to overestimate the talents of those you admire goes hand in hand with the bad habit of underestimating your talent.

Stop analyzing, put your head down and work.

CANCER (June 22-July 22): Love isn’t an idea; it’s a feeling that produces ideas. If it were an idea, you could think it and fall in love with anyone. But you can’t force yourself to love someone.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): It’s not that you’re so limited in what you can and can’t do today, but your preferences narrow down your choices quite a bit. This is a good thing. It’s what gives you your style.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Perfection paralysis” won’t immobilize you willy-nilly. It only freezes you out of doing certain tasks: the ones you think you’re supposed to do perfectly because you believe it matters big-time.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): You’re in a private mood, and you don’t want people to know what time you woke up, who your favorite friends are and what you did Friday night. But they’ll ask anyway unless you lead.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): You’ll influence the feelings of others by refusing to tell them how to feel. You respect every person’s right to reaction, and you look forward to being surprised at what that might be.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Fighting ideas is like fighting clouds. You can punch and kick, but what difference will it make? The way to impact the world today is by tackling the tangible items.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You are part of a large and diverse group, but you also are uniquely yourself. You may spend the better part of the day acting toward the purposes of the collective. First, take the time to address your individual needs.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You actually may try to be boring on purpose to throw someone off the trail of who you really are. You just don’t want the attention now, and that’s healthy.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You’ll be trying to get something important done, and this involves others. Too bad. It would be easier and faster if it didn’t. Alas, communication is your only hope.

Food, Pages 33 on 01/08/2014